扮

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 + phonetic 分

Han character

扮 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手金尸竹 (QCSH), four-corner 5802₇, composition ⿰扌分)

1. dress up
2. dress up as

References

• KangXi: page 418, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11829
• Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1840, character 8
• Unihan data for U+626E

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		扮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan³, baan⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan³, baan⁶
    • Yale: baan, baahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan³, baan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑːn³³/, /pɑːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
    • Tâi-lô: pān
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (扮, reconstructed)
Character (扮), Pronunciation 1/5
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 府文切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɨun/	/pi̯uən/	/piuən/	/piun/	/pun/	/pĭuən/	/piuən/
Character (扮), Pronunciation 2/5
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 花夥切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɣuɛX/	/xwaiX/	/xuɛX/	/hʷɯæX/	/hwaɨjX/	/xwaiX/	/xuæiX/
Character (扮), Pronunciation 3/5
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 方吻切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɨunX/	/pi̯uənX/	/piuənX/	/piunX/	/punX/	/pĭuənX/	/piuənX/
Character (扮), Pronunciation 4/5
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 房吻切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɨunX/	/bʱi̯uənX/	/biuənX/	/biunX/	/bunX/	/bĭuənX/	/biuənX/
Character (扮), Pronunciation 5/5
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 山 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 脯幻切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɣɛnH/	/pănH/	/pɛnH/	/pɯænH/	/pəɨnH/	/pænH/	/pænH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (扮, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
扮					3128					分					文					1										/*prɯːns/
扮					3141					分					歌					2					扮					/*hmroːlʔ/
扮					3150					分					文					1					分					/*pɯn/
扮					3153					分					文					1					粉					/*pɯnʔ/

Verb

扮

1. to dress up, to disguise oneself
2. to act, to play
3. to put on an expression, to make faces

Compounds

• 扮野

References

• (Mandarin) "扮" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-02.

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Japanese

Kanji

扮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dress-up, disguise

Readings

• Goon: (rare) へん (hen)
• Kan’on: (rare) はん (han)
• On (unclassified): ふん (fun)
• Kun: (rare) よそお.う (扮う, yosoo.u)

Compounds

Compounds

扮飾 (ふんしょく) (funshoku): makeup, putting on cosmetics 扮装 (ふんそう) (funsō): makeup, disguise, costume 扮楡 (ふんゆ) (fun'yu): the elm tree; a shrine; an imperial palace; one's hometown

Etymology

From Middle Chinese, with the addition of Old Japanese す (su) for verb conjugation. す (su) eventually evolved into modern Japanese する (suru).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̃ᵝɴ]

Verb

扮 + する (hiragana ふんする, romaji fun suru)

1. to dress up in a disguise, to disguise oneself

   老人 (ろうじん)に扮 (ふん)して警察 (けいさつ)を逃 (に)げた。

   rōjin ni funshite keisatsu o nigeta.

   He dressed up as / disguised himself as an old man and escaped from the police.

2. to put on a costume, to play a role

   去年 (きょねん)ハムレットに扮 (ふん)しました。

   kyonen hamuretto ni funshimashita.

   Last year I played / took the role of Hamlet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "扮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	扮し	ふんし	fun shi
Continuative (連用形)	扮し	ふんし	fun shi
Terminal (終止形)	扮する	ふんする	fun suru
Attributive (連体形)	扮する	ふんする	fun suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	扮すれ	ふんすれ	fun sure
Imperative (命令形)	扮せよ¹ 扮しろ²	ふんせよ¹ ふんしろ²	fun seyo¹ fun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	扮される	ふんされる	fun sareru
Causative	扮させる 扮さす	ふんさせる ふんさす	fun saseru fun sasu
Potential	扮できる	ふんできる	fun dekiru
Volitional	扮しよう	ふんしよう	fun shiyō
Negative	扮しない	ふんしない	fun shinai
Negative continuative	扮せず	ふんせず	fun sezu
Formal	扮します	ふんします	fun shimasu
Perfective	扮した	ふんした	fun shita
Conjunctive	扮して	ふんして	fun shite
Hypothetical conditional	扮すれば	ふんすれば	fun sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja

扮 (bun, ban) (hangeul 분, 반, revised bun, ban, McCune-Reischauer pun, pan, Yale pun, pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: phẫn

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